Ιn 1966, San Francisco-based poet David Meltzer and his wife Tina, who was a singer, recruited local musicians Clark Coolidge (drummer, also composer), Denny Ellis (lead guitarist), John Payne (keyboardist), Jean-Paul Pickens (banjo player) and David Stensen (bassist), and started playing gigs at clubs and events in the Bay area, such as the North Beach's Coffee Gallery, Gino & Carlo's, and others.

The LP was considered by Forced Exposure magazine to be a "true representation of the San Francisco area sound in the psychedelic era,"[2] with "great male/female vocal harmonies, interesting but unusual lyrics and excellent guitar work."

"[4] Shortly after the album was recorded and while the band was rehearsing in the studio for their next one, Ellis, Stensen, and Payne left and were replaced by Bob Cuff from the group The Mystery Trend on lead guitar along with Jim Moscoso on bass.

After the break-up of the band, David and Tina Meltzer formed a duo act and in 1969 released the album Poet Song.

[6] In 2007, an album with previously unreleased tracks, which had been recorded while preparing the group's second LP, was issued, titled Ourobouros, containing extended improvisations.